Top Publisher, Product of the Year
December 28, 2002
We chose Marvel Comics as the Comic Publisher of the Year for 2002, and Shonen Jump #1 as the Comic Product of the Year.
Top November Dollar Sales in Pop Culture Stores
December 24, 2002
A quintet of familiar properties took the top positions in our Top 10 Cool lists of the top dollar products in pop culture stores in November.
Negative Trend Continues
December 25, 2002
Orders for comics and graphic novels in dollars continued their year over year declines in January with an 8% drop compared to January 2002.
Ultimates Five of the Top Ten
December 21, 2002
Batman topped the rankings of U.S. orders from comic stores for January, with over 120,000 copies ordered -- up over the second Jim Lee issue, which was up over the first.
Quantity Estimates Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
December 21, 2002
Estimated quantities for initial orders on graphic novels shipping in January 2003 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.
Quantity Estimates Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
December 21, 2002
Estimated quantities for initial orders on comics shipping in January 2003 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.
Action Adventure Line Debuts Mid-03
December 18, 2002
Dark Horse Comics is launching a new action/adventure line of comic books in the summer of 2003. Edited by Dave Land, the first wave of Rocket Comics will consist of six titles,...
Out March 5, Special Solicitation
December 17, 2002
DC Comics has announced the first of three new Road To Perdition graphic novels written by Max Allan Collins.
Free Comic Book Day Returns May 3, 2003
December 17, 2002
Free Comic Book Day is back on May 3 and it is going to be bigger and better than ever--just one day after the debut of X-Men 2, several thousand comic stores will give away millions of comic books.
'I'm Not Offended'
December 16, 2002
Jason Bardyla of Happy Harbor Comics and Toys in Jasper, Edmonton, and Calgary, Alberta saw the announcement on the revamped Rawhide Kid and retailer Steven Bates comments and let us know that he thinks the revamp is a good idea.
